Linking the geographical, the medical and the political in analysing health care delivery systems

M.W. Rosenberg

Social Science & Medicine, 1988, vol. 26, issue 1, 179-186

Abstract: The models and methodologies used by medical geographers for analysing health care delivery systems are critically reviewed. As a result, it is argued that an intellectual cul-de-sac has been reached because of the lack of linkage in these models and methodologies that explicitly recognize the socio-cultural and political-economic influences in the environment, where the health care delivery system under study exists. Using the example of abortion services in Canada in general, and Ontario specifically for illustrative purposes, a general model for linking the geographical, the medical and the political aspects of health care delivery is proposed.

Keywords: socio-cultural; and; political-economic; influences; health; care; delivery; abortion; services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1988
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